Avengers Epic Collection Vol. 21: The Collection Obsession by Danny Fingeroth

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book has a lot going on it.

Deathtrap - The Vault is where it starts with a Supervillain jailbreak and the Avengers and other heroes going in along with a somewhat more dodgy group of ex-Supervillains including the Blob and Mystique. You don't hear much about this graphic novel and that's a shame because it's good. No, it's not an all-time classic, but it gives you what you want with a giant group of heroes and villains doing battle, some good moments and plot twists.

The Subterranean War storyline collects five annuals of slightly interlinked stories and it's a bit inconsistent with some fairly good issues and some weaker ones. Still it makes me appreciate the sort of crossover event that brings heroes together across annuals as opposed to derailing multiple books.

The Collector's Obsession Storyline is actually very good. While the art already is showing some classic 1990s touches, there's a good sense of who each of the Avengers are and there are some really good twists on who the villains are and what's really going on.

After that, the book continues for another several issues of the Avengers when some issues both good and bad including a take on police brutality that would have been released right after the Rodney King beating.

Overall, this is a bit of a sleeper collection with some fun and unnderatted comics.



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